BAY VILLAGE - City officials still are assessing damage to city property from Superstorm Sandy that struck the area Oct. 29-30. However, the damage appears to be more extensive than originally thought.

Much of the newly discovered damage apparently stemmed from power surges.

“We just found out two pumps blew at the pool that will have to be replaced,” Sutherland said Nov. 16. “The lights at Bradley Park blew; they will have to be replaced.”

The damage extends beyond just damage to the bulbs, Sutherland said, adding the equipment was “fried.”

In addition, the city is dealing with damage to its Lake Road pump station near Huntington Beach, which forces sewage through pipes from Bay Village to the Rocky River wastewater treatment plant several miles away.

“At this point, we have sustained over $40,000 worth of damage down at our big Huntington and Longbeach pump station,” Sutherland said. “That’s a priority emergency repair for us.”

“It blew the electrical panel off the wall, fried the pumps. We have six pumps down there. At the end of the storm, only two were functioning.”

A short time later, one of the two functioning pumps also died, leaving the city with only one pump for a while.

“Thank goodness our service foreman, Gordon Evans, got the brilliant idea of bringing a generator down there and renting an extra pump for backup,” the mayor said.

With the one normally functioning pump and a backup pump, the city should be all right until the emergency repairs are completed. The mayor hoped repairs could be partially completed this week.

If all the pumps were to fail, the city might have to dump untreated sewage into Lake Erie or the sewage would back up into residents’ basements, Sutherland said.

In addition, City Hall sustained extensive roof and water damage and a set of doors blew off Dwyer Senior Center.

The city is filing an insurance claim to help pay for the damage, according to Sutherland.

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